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Lodgian has sold its Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Niagara Falls, N.Y., as part of the company's larger plan to let go of 19 non-strategic properties from its hotel portfolio. The $4.05 million sale to an undisclosed buyer is among 13 hotels that have been sold since the program was announced in 2003.

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Winston Hotels, of Raleigh, N.C., has sold two Comfort Inn hotels in separate transactions. The group sold its 122-room Comfort Inn in Chester, Va., for $5.2 million, and its 190-room Comfort Inn in Greenville, S.C., for $1.8 million in cash.

Some hoteliers celebrated New Year's on Sept. 30, since Oct. 1 marked the beginning of the fiscal year 2005 General Services Administration per diem rates, which set down maximum government rates at qualifying hotels in the U.S. While the per diem rates changed significantly in some markets from fiscal year 2004, experts say hoteliers should also consider the amount of changes in relation to forecasts for specific markets.

The Santa Cruz, Calif., City Council has approved a controversial $100 million beachfront hotel and conference center. Plans call for the 270-room hotel to be built on the site of the 163-room Coast Santa Cruz Hotel, called an "architectural atrocity," but some residents fear the development is too massive and will transform the beachfront's laid-back atmosphere into one of upscale tourism.

Lodgian has sold the Holiday Inn in Memphis, Tenn., and another Holiday Inn in Florence, Ky., for a total of $3.7 million. The hotel sales were part of Lodgian's plan to let go of 19 non-strategic properties.